SOC327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rationality, Polygraph, Shift Work
12 Apr 2015
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Policing in a democratic society: police are constrained, civilians have civil rights, police powers are monitored and controlled, policing is a form of social control, police is an agency of formal social control, policing has expanded its authority, police are reactive, proactive policing is more aggressive policing initiated by the police themselves, policing is still male dominated, however there is greater diversity now, police is now representing the diversity in society, police are still militarily organization, crime control and do process model, crime control is a harsh model; emphasis on catching criminals, do process emphasis on the civil rights and liberties, the police in the democratic society need to balance both, societies expectations on the police is often too high, proactive policing involves wire tabs, electronic surveillance, search warrants, which are all threats to civil liberties, police are always under scrutiny, community based placement, commitment to involving the community to help the police.
